Posted November 24, 2009 by John Parent under under
History,
Roster MovesNow that the 40 man roster is officially set (pending any free agent signings or trades, of course), I thought I would examine how each of those 40 players became part of the organization. I flat-out stole the idea from True Blue LA, who did a very good job diagramming the current Dodgers and how [...]
Tags: Andujar Cedeno, Brad Ausmus, CJ Nitkowski, David Wells, every current Tiger, John Flaherty, Ken Hill, many former Tigers, Mike Heath, Mike Laga, Orlando Miller, Trever Miller
Posted November 20, 2009 by John Parent under under
2009-10 Hot StoveAmid all the trade speculation that has his name connected with deals that would send him anywhere from New York to L.A., Curtis Granderson is occupying his mind with other things. As he recovers from a grueling season and gets prepared for the holidays, Granderson has decided to launch headlong into another venture: a television show.
I’ll [...]
Tags: Curtis Granderson
Posted November 16, 2009 by John Parent under under
2009-10 Hot Stove,
Roster RumblingsIn the wake of last week’s frenzy of information and speculation about the Tigers being open to trading a few of their players, Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports decided to go all shock-jock on us and toss out a ridiculous scenario where the Tigers would trade Miguel Cabrera to Boston. In return,the Red Sox would surrender [...]
Tags: Adrian Gonzalez, Jonathan Papelbon, Ken Rosenthal, Miguel Cabrera, Mike Lowell
Posted November 12, 2009 by John Parent under under
2009-10 Hot Stove,
Roster RumblingsThey are not calling it a fire sale. Let’s get that out of the way first. Dave Dombrowski has conducted fire sales before, most notably following the 1997 championship season with the Florida Marlins. This, he says, is not a fire sale.
The GM meetings don’t usually bring much noise, and there were no major moves [...]
Tags: Brandon Inge, Curtis Granderson, Edwin Jackson, Gerald Laird
Posted November 11, 2009 by John Parent under under
2009-10 Hot Stove,
Roster RumblingsIf you are a fan of the Hot Stove League at all, MLB Trade Rumors is the place to be. Sometimes, however, you find a nugget of information that you just didn’t want to see.
As the GM meetings continue in Chicago this week, it has come to light that the Tigers are listening to offers [...]
Tags: Dave Dombrowski, Edwin Jackson, Gerald Laird